Republicans made their leadership choices Tuesday, and the results were very different in the two chambers.
John Thune was reelected Senate Republican leader by acclamation. There was some grumbling after Republicans lost their Senate majority, with Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson pushing to delay the vote and give the party more time to figure out what went wrong. Thune faced no challenger and kept the job.
The House went in another direction. Jim Jordan defeated Steve Scalise 106–73 to become the next House Republican leader. Mike Johnson is leaving leadership, and Republicans chose Jordan to lead them into the minority. Jordan is a close Trump ally and former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. He’ll now be leading a much smaller Republican conference while Democrats take control in January.
One party, two different decisions: the Senate stuck with its leader; House Republicans dumped the old leadership lineup and picked Jordan.
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